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必修第三册 UNIT 8 GREEN LIVING(一)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A(★)
(2024·广东佛山联考)
On a hot summer afternoon along the Mandavi River，Shweta Hule wraps her sari around her
ankles and bends to pick wild “weeds” from the river and drop them into a bowl.The plants will
be made into fritters(炸果饼)，to be served at the little restaurant attached to the B&B Hule
manages in the Indian coastal town of Vengurla.
Wild edible(可食用的) plants are common in kitchens here.Hule’s weed is juicy，which is
found in mangrove forests.Harvesting some of the plant is helping conserve the mangroves，a
globally endangered ecosystem of salt-tolerant trees that stop coastal erosion(侵蚀) and absorb
storm damage.
Hule is head of Swamini，a self-help group set up by nine women from a fishing community
in Vengurla who started Mandavi Eco Tourism in 2017.Vengurla is known for its beautiful beaches
and seafood，but the climate crisis has made fishing for a living unsustainable，so people are
trying to find other sources of income.They came up with the idea of running mangrove safaris(观
光游) for tourists in Vengurla’s Mandavi River.
The safaris offer visitors a unique hour-long tour of the mangroves.Food has also become a
key attraction：local spicy coconut curries，with homegrown or wild vegetables.Tourists are
encouraged to go crabbing，and their catch is cooked and served.
Hule only discovered recently that the weed was edible when she met tourists from another
coastal city.She researched these leaves and learned that the salty plant is rich in vitamins.She made
her own version of the fritters，with chickpea flour，and presented it at the wild vegetable
festival.“It was an instant hit.This boosted the confidence to include these fritters in our restaurant
menu，” says Hule.
Swamini’s lodging house also serves vegetarian meals and plates of fish and crab sourced
from the river.“The satisfaction after the visitors enjoy our meal is the real currency.We had guests
from London who were so happy with our food that they took down the recipe.Such people help
our business grow.What more can we want？” says Hule.
1．Which of the following can best describe the example of Shweta Hule?
A．Do as the Romans do. B．Strike while the iron is hot.
C．Kill two birds with one stone. D．Bite off more than you can chew.
2．What does Swamini offer to visitors?
A．Eco-tours and accommodation. B．Fishing guide service.C．Vegetable growing techniques. D．Hands-on cooking classes.
3．Why were Hule’s fritters well-received?
A．They were less expensive. B．They were traditional.
C．They had their own features. D．They got strongly promoted.
4．How did Hule feel about tourists’ obtaining her food recipe?
A．Lost. B．Proud. C．Worried. D．Curious.
B(★)
(2024·安徽淮南模拟)
The world’s top climate scientists of the IPCC have just released a landmark report ，
warning about the future of the planet.The headline—burning fossil fuels is already heating up the
planet faster than anything the world has seen in 2,000 years.
The IPCC is a U．N.body of 195 member states that assesses the science related to the
climate crisis on behalf of governments every few years.This is the group that defines the scientific
consensus.Hundreds of scientists work on a series of reports ， which take years to
produce.Governments have to sign off on them.And this one is just the latest big reassessment of
the climate that the IPCC has done，but it’s the first one that is done in eight years.It also has the
clearest，most confident conclusions that have ever been seen in an IPCC report.
According to the report，the greenhouse gases that we have already put into the air have
warmed up the planet so far by almost 2 compared to the pre-industrial times.This warming trend
appears to be accelerating as the greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere.And if we keep
burning fossil fuels，by 2100—so within the lifetime of a child that’s born today—the planet
could be 5 to 7 hotter.
And one new thing in this report is that it tries to put numbers on what that means.So，for
instance，they say heat waves so extreme used to only happen once every 50 years.Now they’re
happening almost five times more often.Extreme droughts could double or be four times in
frequency.In some cases，extreme storms could become three times more frequent and drop 30%
more rainfall in a day.
The scientists say preventing the worst effects will demand a U-turn away from use of fossil
fuels.And it depends on us collectively.If every country，every business shifts away from burning
gas，coal and oil over the next 30 years or so，we could probably limit this warming trend to a
total of less than 3.5．
5．What’s the author’s probable purpose of introducing the IPCC in paragraph 2?
A．To make its work better known.
B．To respect the scientists’ commitment.
C．To make the report more convincing.
D．To appreciate its great achievements.6．What do you think of the current warming according to the report?
A．It results from extreme weather.
B．It is running out of fossil fuels.
C．It is badly speeding up.
D．There is no way to slow it down.
7．How do the scientists support their conclusion in the report?
A．By defining scientific consensus. B．By using statistics and inference.
C．By quoting authority figures. D．By modeling climate change.
8．What do the scientists expect people to do?
A．Make joint efforts to stop the use of fossil fuels.
B．Take a positive attitude to our planet’s future.
C．Follow the global warming trend collectively.
D．Develop new approaches to using fossil fuels.
C
Last fall，the Great Salt Lake hit its lowest level since record keeping began.The lake sank to
nearly six meters below the long-term average.The lake’s shrinking threatens to upend the
ecosystem，disturbing the migration and survival of 10 million birds，including ducks and geese.
Duck hunters aren’t the only ones worried about the Great Salt Lake.The decades-long
decline in lake level is raising alarm bells for millions of people who live in the region.The low
lake level and increasing salts in the lake water threaten to destroy economic mainstays like
agriculture，tourism and mining.Exposed salts can also reduce air quality and so threaten public
health.
Saline lakes(咸水湖) are terminal lakes.They have no rivers flowing out of them.As water
disappears，salts are left behind.At the same time，the people who live in these deserts use
freshwater for crops，homes and industry.Residents get water from streams and rivers into
canals，pipelines or reservoirs before it reaches the lakes.And as the lakes shrink，the salt in water
increases.
Lake Poopo，a highland lake in Bolivia that used to stretch 90 kilometers long and 32
kilometers wide，is now a salty mud flat.The Aral Sea shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan，
once the world’s fourth largest lake，has at times in recent decades shrunk to a tenth of its
historic 68,000-square-kilometer surface area.Some saline lakes，like Nevada’s Winnemucca
Lake，dried up so long ago—the waters that fed it were led to agricultural fields—that most people
have forgotten they were ever wet.
The good news is that people still have time to halt the Great Salt Lake’s decline by using
less water.Cutting agricultural and other outdoor water use by a third to half through a combination
of voluntary conservation measures and policy changes would allow the lake to refill enough to
support the region’s economy，ecology and quality of life.If this succeeds，the Great Salt Lakecan be a model for how to save other saline lakes around the world.
9．What do we know about the Great Salt Lake from the first two paragraphs?
A．It is home to ducks. B．It will disappear soon.
C．It will be less important. D．It’s been shrinking for years.
10．What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us about saline lakes?
A．Their current states. B．The challenges they face.
C．Measures to restore them. D．Reasons why they become saltier.
11．What does the underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Stop. B．Boost. C．Adapt. D．Learn.
12．What can be the best title of this text?
A．The Great Salt Lake Is Getting Smaller
B．The World Is Becoming Drier and Drier
C．Saline Lakes Need Freshwater Deadly
D．Many Lakes in the World Will Disappear
Ⅱ.七选五
The Importance of Inventions
They say necessity is the mother of invention，but invention drives the economy.The great
importance of invention is that it solves problems and changes the world. 1 And it goes beyond
culture.The modern era is arguably the greatest time in the history of the world for innovation，but
none of it would have happened without the invention of electricity supplied on demand.With that
one advancement ， in came the fastest-changing period in human history and the greatest
population growth，too.
2 Even things like the toilet and modern plumbing made it possible to improve hygiene
and reduce exposure to human waste，which in turn made cities cleaner and more desirable to live
in.The modern bathroom also helped reduce the spread of disease，which in turn helped extend the
average life expectancy. 3
People eat better，and more safely，because of innovations we now take for granted like the
refrigerator，the oven and running tap water.Daily life at work has transformed because heavy-
lifting jobs can be done by forklifts.In fact，technology is reaching a new height. 4 More
people than ever before need to sit for work，with office jobs and the like changing our fitness
level and lowering the risk of injury during a workday.
Even entertainment has changed because no longer do people have to make their own fun by
playing games. 5 How people communicate，work，eat，travel，shop is all subject to
innovation and invention.Advances don’t always improve life，though，as many people are
learning through the constant-access struggles of smartphones and ever-present noise pollution in
cities.
A．Innovation shapes the way life is lived.B．They can turn to their phone，TV or radio.
C．Factories are using robots for many tasks now.
D．They have affected the way we consume media.
E．Inventions influence all aspects of modern existence.
F．New technologies often simplify the average person’s life.
G．And that has led to the Earth’s population rising sharply in the last 150 years.
